Bank Indonesia holds rates but probably not for much longer

Bank Indonesia (BI) left its overnight lending rate at 6.5% today, as expected, and retained its neutral bias. But inflation looks set to rise sharply over the next few months and we believe that the BI will need to hike by January next year, well ahead of most countries in the region.

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